This year's Empty Bowl Project looked a little different, but still helped support local food pantries. The fourth annual Elgin Empty Bowl took place on Saturday in front of the SPJST Hall. Typically, Empty Bowl consists of restaurants serving soup to a room full of attendees and compete for awards for the best recipe. However, this year because of COVID-19, the event was changed to a drive-through event where participants bought tickets to receive a "goodie bag" in place of the usual Empty Bowl experience. The goodie bags included a hand-decorated bowl, an Empty Bowl tradition, as well as coupons from ...